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Nebraska has established a unique process to site oil pipelines in our state that gives local control over the route and scope of the project.  This is one of the benefits of the 2011 Special Legislative Session and is a good balance of local control when dealing with a project that crosses through seven states. [...]

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Lifestyles of a Government Pension: Retire at 48 and Receive Million Dollar Pensions

March 12, 2012 J

Omaha's Police Chief has turned in his retirement papers at the ripe old age of 48. That's no typo, at age forty-eight, when the average American will continue working for another 16 years, Alex Hayes will retire.

Chief Hayes will retire with a full Omaha Police management pension, which according to the Omaha World-Herald will pay the Chief $127,405 annually with a $600 annual cost-of-living increase.

Three million, five hundred and eighty three thousand, five hundred and forty dollars.

That's how much Omaha's taxpayers will shell out to pay Chief Hayes' his full pension over the course of his lifetime.

Bold Nebraska’s Extremism Costing Middle Class Jobs

February 14, 2012 J

TransCanada announced it would voluntarily reroute the Keystone XL pipeline from the contentious Sand Hills route, yet Jane Kleeb with the environmental group Bold Nebraska continues to attack the project.

Tell Jane Kleeb and Bold Nebraska that now is the time to build the pipeline.

AFP-Nebraska Statement on Sen. Johanns’ Effort for Congressional Vote on Keystone XL

January 31, 2012 J

Senator Johanns Legislation to Let Congress Vote on Keystone XL Pipeline Restores Congress’s Regulatory Power, Enables Job-Creation


Lincoln, NE – Americans for Prosperity – Nebraska applauds Senator Mike Johanns for introducing legislation to let Congress vote to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Senator Johanns’ bill, introduced yesterday, would restore Congress’s power to regulate commerce (authorized under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution) and end the current stalemate over the Keystone XL project.

“Job creation has been delayed in Nebraska because the President has overextended his regulatory power and placed politics above prosperity,” says AFP-NE State Director Brad Stevens. “Senator Johanns’ bill gives back to Congress the ability to vote and move forward on the Keystone XL project, creating jobs and lowering our energy costs.”

TONIGHT: Exciting FREE Event – Restoring American Exceptionalism in The Classroom

January 24, 2012 J

Tonight at 7:30pm AFPF-Nebraska will host a live simulcast discussion on education policy issues with Michelle Malkin and Dick Morris.

Click here to register for this FREE event!

We will also have State Board of Education member Bob Evnen and local educators to discuss what makes schools in Nebraska work, and how they can be better.

TONIGHT, Tuesday, Jan. 24th
Starting at 7:30pm
Ridnour Room of the Apothecary Building
Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket
140 N. 8th Street

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